Here you'll find a list of hotfixes that address various issues related to the recently released World of Warcraft patch 5.4: Siege of Orgrimmar. Hotfixes are updates we make on our end without requiring you to download a new patch. Some of the hotfixes below take effect the moment they were implemented, while others may require your realm to be restarted to go into effect. Please keep in mind that some issues cannot be addressed without a client-side patch update. We will continue to update this list as additional hotfixes are applied.

Shado-Pan Monastery: Defeating Gu Cloudstrike immediately after Azure Serpent has been killed should no longer prevent players from continuing through the Shado-Pan Monastery.

Battlegrounds and Arenas

Grievous Gladiator weapons have a level requirement of 90 once more.

PvP on-use trinket effects should no longer incorrectly scale down while in a Battleground, Rated Battleground, or Arena.

Items

Trinkets with cleave and multistrike effects no longer require players to be facing the target to successfully deal damage.

October 2

Timeless Isle

Bloody Coins are now only awarded from defeating Level-90 players.

Removed the silver icons for Master Kukuru and Whizzig on the mini-map.

The following bind-on-pickup items are no longer able to be traded between players: Burden of Eternity, Reins of the Thundering Onyx Cloud Serpent, Cauterizing Core, Falling Flame, Golden Moss, Giant Purse of Timeless Coins, Ash-Covered Horn, and Elixir of Ancient Knowledge.

Classes

Death Knights

General

Control Undead should no longer prevent Frost or Blood specializations from using Raise Dead while Control Undead is active.

Raise Dead and Wild Mushroom: Plague (obtained through Druid's Symbiosis) should no longer cause each other's summons to despawn.

Druid

Balance

Astral Communion should now behave correctly if a Druid changes glyphs, talents, or specialization while an Eclipse is active.

Players are now immune to Superheated while being pulled off the conveyer belt.

Shockwave Missile no longer hits players that are exiting a transport pipe.

Paragons of the Klaxxi

Ka'roz the Locust should now always jump back down from the platform after using Hurl Amber.

Kaz'tik the Manipulator's Hungry Kunchongs should no longer be able to gain Thick Shell while using Devour on a Mesmerized player.

Hisek the Swarmkeeper should no longer Fire a beam at the target if he gets encased in Amber while casting Aim.

Garrosh Hellscream

Garrosh Hellscream should no longer be using Desecrate against players that are on a balcony.

Farseer Wolf Riders should no longer continuously attempt to cast Ancestral Chain Heal if they're hit by an Iron Star before entering combat.

Kor'kron Iron Stars now properly deal damage to Kor’kron Warbringers and Farseer Wolf Riders on 25-player Heroic difficulty, and can no longer unintentionally kill players that were not struck directly.

Battlegrounds and Arenas

Players that leave a Rated Battleground prematurely will be unable to queue for a new one until the previous Rated Battleground match has completed. Please see this forum thread for more information on the change.

Professions

Cooking

Buffs and debuffs should now be properly applied or removed while players are in a noodle cart.

Items

Rain Stone, Blizzard Stone, Ashen Stone, and Sunset Stone are no longer able to be used while in a raid instance.

Book of Ages should no longer remove food buffs on the character when used.

September 24

Classes

Death Knight

Talents

Runic Corruption activating multiple times should no longer extend its duration by an incorrect amount.

Monk

Mistweaver

Renewing Mist no longer requires line-of-sight to jump to a nearby target.

Priest

Discipline

Flash Heal now should correctly receive an increased critical chance from Inner Focus while Surge of Light is active.

Creatures

Loot notifications for world bosses in Pandaria should no longer be visible to all members in the raid.

Ka'roz the Locust should no longer damage players in his path while dashing towards a ledge to Hurl Amber.

Players in a damage-dealing specialization that have already interacted with Rik'kal the Dissector should now be able to interact with Skeer the Bloodseeker.

Garrosh Hellscream

The Y’Shaarj Touched buff can no longer be spellstolen.

Battlegrounds and Arenas

Grievous Conquest achievement vendors (the ones that allow Conquest gear to be purchase with Honor points) have been temporarily despawned.

Grievous Gladiator weapons have a temporary level requirement of 91.

Items

Oddly-Shaped Horn is no longer usable while in the Battlegrounds or Rated Battlegrounds.

Tuft of Yak Fur is no longer usable while in the Battlegrounds or Rated Battlegrounds.

September 23

Timeless Isle

Fixed an issue where defeating rare creatures while in a raid group may sometimes incorrectly display a loot cursor or sparkle effect when the creature has no loot.

Vision of Time items can no longer be used while in a Raid Finder raid until the wing has been completed.

Fishing in the waters surrounding Timeless Isle should now yield different fish than in the lakes within Timeless Isle.

Classes

Druid

General

Rip's damage has been increased by 20%.

Druids should no longer cast One with Nature while being mind-controlled by NPCs.

Talents

Nature's Vigil should now properly increase the Druid's healing by 12%.

Class Armor

Tier-16 Guardian 2-piece bonus now automatically applies both a 3-second Savage Defense and a 20-Rage Frenzied Regeneration when Barkskin fades. The automatic version of Frenzied Regeneration no longer triggers a global cooldown and is not affected by the Tier-15 Guardian 2-piece bonus.

Hunter

Marksmanship

Chimera Shot's damage has been increased by 50%.

Survival

Explosive Shot's damage has been increased by 10%.

Mage

General

Ice Lance's damage has been increased by 20%.

Waterbolt's damage has been increased by 10%.

Monk

Brewmaster

Brewmasters now deal 10% less damage with all attacks.

Paladin

Talents

Eternal Flame's heal-over-time effect is increased by 50% when used on the Paladin (down from 100%).

Priest

General

Shadow Word: Pain's damage has been reduced by 15%.

Rogue

Assassination

Assassin's Resolve now increases the Rogue's damage by 20% (down from 25%).

Subtlety

Sanguinary Vein now causes the Rogue to deal 35% additional damage to targets afflicted by Rupture, Garrote, or Crimson Tempest (up from 25%).

Class Armor

Tier-16 4-piece set bonus should no longer incorrectly activate from attacks other than Backstab.

[Requires a realm restart] Celestials in The Celestial Court will now only rotate their order after they have been defeated.

Time-Lost Shrines reactivate much more frequently now.

Proving Grounds

In Tanking trials, Sikari the Mistweaver's Crackling Jade Thunderstorm should now have a chance to break crowd-control effects that have a chance to break on damage.

September 16

Classes

Priest

Holy

Spirit of Redemption should no longer prevent Priests from getting the Sacrificed to Ordos debuff.

Creatures

Dread Ship Vazuvius should no longer be knocking players back after it has been defeated.

Raids, Dungeons, and Scenarios

Siege of Orgrimmar

Spoils of Pandaria

Claw of Burning Anger now deals more damage.

Paragons of the Klaxxi

Fixed an issue where more than one player was able to obtain the Power of the Paragons buff from the same Paragon.

Garrosh Hellscream

Garrosh Hellscream should now properly drop three Tier-16 armor tokens in 25-player mode.

Please check this forum post for additional information on the hotfix.

Professions

Cooking

Fixed an issue where the new cooking recipes were only obtainable by characters with a cooking skill of exactly 525.

Items

Spark of Zandalar should now scale down correctly in Battlegrounds, Rated Battlegrounds, and Arenas.

September 13

Classes

Druid

Talents

Force of Nature Treant summoned by Restoration Druids should no longer die immediately after casting Swiftmend and Efflorescence.

Priest

Shadow

Landing a killing blow with Shadow Word: Death should no longer incorrectly grant 2 Shadow Orbs.

Warlocks

Destruction

Conflagrate now has a 15% chance to generate an additional Burning Ember.

Incinerate now has a 15% chance to generate an additional Burning Ember.

Talents

Soul Link is no longer incorrectly being applied to the second demon summoned through Grimoire of Service.

Quests

The Darnassus Mission: Players on this quest should no longer be placed into an incorrect phase when using Curious Bronze Timepiece from Journey to the Timeless Isle.

Raids, Dungeons, and Scenarios

The raid leader's boss progression in the raid instance now determines which bosses are still available when starting a Flexible Raid. Check out this forum post for a detailed explanation on the change.

Siege of Orgrimmar

Norushen

Purifying Lights now always spawn in the same locations on Flexible Raid difficulty.

Damage from Titanic Corruption's Hurl Corruption ability can now be absorbed by damage absorption shields.

Sha of Pride

Fixed an issue where players were able to obtain a second Titan Runestone from the Sha of Pride after having already received one on a different difficulty setting.

Galakras

Flames of Galakrond is now more responsive in detecting when it passes through a player and provides a a clearer visual as the flames decreases in severity.

Reduced the delay before Crates of Pandaren Relics may be opened on Flexible, Normal and Heroic difficulties.

Malkorok

Malkorok will now correctly apply Fatal Strikes on a tank even if they successfully dodge his melee attacks.

Kor'kron War Wolf's Dread Howl now works like a normal fear and can be removed or dispelled by non-self cast abilities. Self-cast abilities like Berserker Rage or Will of the Forsaken do not work at this time and will be addressed in a future patch.

Mistweaver Monks stunned with the Touch of Y'Shaarj affliction will no longer be impossible to hit due to Dematerialize.

Thok the Bloodthirsty

Fixed an issue where players can take damage from creatures that are still locked in their cage.

Garrosh Hellscream

Faith, Hope, and Courage effects no longer stack with each other while in the Realm of Y'Shaarj.

Battlegrounds and Arenas

Rogues can no longer use Shadowstep on Antipersonnel Cannons in Strand of the Ancients.

Items

Effects for Legendary cloaks no longer activate while fighting against other players.

Timeless Isle

Fire-Watcher achievement now requires players to obtain 2,000 Bloody Coins as an Emissary of Ordos or Ordon Fire-Watcher (down from 10,000 Bloody Coins).

Players will now correctly receive credit for Big Bag of Herbs towards the Going To Need A Bigger Bag achievement.

Proving Grounds

Lava pools created by Illusionary Flamecallers should no longer damage Monk statues or Shaman totems.

September 12

Classes

Paladin

Talents

Evil is a Point of View should no longer incorrectly cause Turn Evil to affect targets that are immune to loss of control effects.

Priest

General

Prayer of Mending is now generating a heal and absorption shield for the correct amount when critically striking for a Discipline Priest.

Warlock

General

Fel Flame's mana cost has been increased by 100%.

Destruction

Incinerate's damage has been increased by 5%.

Quests

A Pandaren Legend: Lorewalker Cho should no longer confuse Worgen and Alliance Pandaren players as being part of the Horde while retelling their story.

A Time-Lost Treasure: This quest no longer has a faction requirement with Order of the Cloud Serpent.

The Path of the Mistwalker: Completing this daily quest now awards 250 reputation with the Emperor Shaohao faction. In addition, Southsea Plunderer and Southsea Lookout elites now award credit towards completing this quest.

The Temple of the Jade Serpent: Fixed an issue where players were unable to move after the cutscene.

Creatures

Ordos

Flame-Scarred Cache of Offerings now has a chance to award Flexible Raid quality items (up from Raid Finder quality.

Kor'kron related NPCs and creatures in Northern Barrens should be neutral to players below level 85 once more.

Highwind Albatross already carrying a player will no longer have its flight path interrupted when attacked by other players. Players who have been picked up by an Albatross can still interrupt its flight by attacking it.

Lil' Canny is back after a tune-up and is wandering around in the Shrine of Seven Stars once more.

Raids, Dungeons, and Scenarios

Siege of Orgrimmar

Siegecrafter Blackfuse

Players standing on the conveyor belt should now be able to see Shockwave Missile and its damage effect regardless of the Shockwave Missile's position in the room.

Garrosh Hellscream

Farseer Wolf Rider can no longer be hit multiple times by the same Iron Star.

Kor'kron Warbringer can no longer deal critical strikes to players.

Items

Fixed an issue where many mana regeneration drinks was not regenerating mana.

For Death Knights, the Endurance of Niuzao effect from the Qian-Le legendary cloak should now activate before triggering Purgatory.

Timeless Isle

The Celestial Court spirit walls no longer close while engaging the Celestials.

Chests on the Timeless Isle now have a Level-90 requirement to open.

Reduced the chance for Burdens of Eternity to drop from Kukuru's Caches.

Shado-Pan Monastery: Defeating Gu Cloudstrike immediately after Azure Serpent has been killed should no longer prevent players from continuing through the Shado-Pan Monastery.

Battlegrounds and Arenas

Grievous Gladiator weapons have a level requirement of 90 once more.

PvP on-use trinket effects should no longer incorrectly scale down while in a Battleground, Rated Battleground, or Arena.

Items

Trinkets with cleave and multistrike effects no longer require players to be facing the target to successfully deal damage.

October 2

Timeless Isle

Bloody Coins are now only awarded from defeating Level-90 players.

Removed the silver icons for Master Kukuru and Whizzig on the mini-map.

The following bind-on-pickup items are no longer able to be traded between players: Burden of Eternity, Reins of the Thundering Onyx Cloud Serpent, Cauterizing Core, Falling Flame, Golden Moss, Giant Purse of Timeless Coins, Ash-Covered Horn, and Elixir of Ancient Knowledge.

Classes

Death Knights

General

Control Undead should no longer prevent Frost or Blood specializations from using Raise Dead while Control Undead is active.

Raise Dead and Wild Mushroom: Plague (obtained through Druid's Symbiosis) should no longer cause each other's summons to despawn.

Druid

Balance

Astral Communion should now behave correctly if a Druid changes glyphs, talents, or specialization while an Eclipse is active.

Players are now immune to Superheated while being pulled off the conveyer belt.

Shockwave Missile no longer hits players that are exiting a transport pipe.

Paragons of the Klaxxi

Ka'roz the Locust should now always jump back down from the platform after using Hurl Amber.

Kaz'tik the Manipulator's Hungry Kunchongs should no longer be able to gain Thick Shell while using Devour on a Mesmerized player.

Hisek the Swarmkeeper should no longer Fire a beam at the target if he gets encased in Amber while casting Aim.

Garrosh Hellscream

Garrosh Hellscream should no longer be using Desecrate against players that are on a balcony.

Farseer Wolf Riders should no longer continuously attempt to cast Ancestral Chain Heal if they're hit by an Iron Star before entering combat.

Kor'kron Iron Stars now properly deal damage to Kor’kron Warbringers and Farseer Wolf Riders on 25-player Heroic difficulty, and can no longer unintentionally kill players that were not struck directly.

Battlegrounds and Arenas

Players that leave a Rated Battleground prematurely will be unable to queue for a new one until the previous Rated Battleground match has completed. Please see this forum thread for more information on the change.

Professions

Cooking

Buffs and debuffs should now be properly applied or removed while players are in a noodle cart.

Items

Rain Stone, Blizzard Stone, Ashen Stone, and Sunset Stone are no longer able to be used while in a raid instance.

Book of Ages should no longer remove food buffs on the character when used.

September 24

Classes

Death Knight

Talents

Runic Corruption activating multiple times should no longer extend its duration by an incorrect amount.

Monk

Mistweaver

Renewing Mist no longer requires line-of-sight to jump to a nearby target.

Priest

Discipline

Flash Heal now should correctly receive an increased critical chance from Inner Focus while Surge of Light is active.

Creatures

Loot notifications for world bosses in Pandaria should no longer be visible to all members in the raid.

Ka'roz the Locust should no longer damage players in his path while dashing towards a ledge to Hurl Amber.

Players in a damage-dealing specialization that have already interacted with Rik'kal the Dissector should now be able to interact with Skeer the Bloodseeker.

Garrosh Hellscream

The Y’Shaarj Touched buff can no longer be spellstolen.

Battlegrounds and Arenas

Grievous Conquest achievement vendors (the ones that allow Conquest gear to be purchase with Honor points) have been temporarily despawned.

Grievous Gladiator weapons have a temporary level requirement of 91.

Items

Oddly-Shaped Horn is no longer usable while in the Battlegrounds or Rated Battlegrounds.

Tuft of Yak Fur is no longer usable while in the Battlegrounds or Rated Battlegrounds.

September 23

Timeless Isle

Fixed an issue where defeating rare creatures while in a raid group may sometimes incorrectly display a loot cursor or sparkle effect when the creature has no loot.

Vision of Time items can no longer be used while in a Raid Finder raid until the wing has been completed.

Fishing in the waters surrounding Timeless Isle should now yield different fish than in the lakes within Timeless Isle.

Classes

Druid

General

Rip's damage has been increased by 20%.

Druids should no longer cast One with Nature while being mind-controlled by NPCs.

Talents

Nature's Vigil should now properly increase the Druid's healing by 12%.

Class Armor

Tier-16 Guardian 2-piece bonus now automatically applies both a 3-second Savage Defense and a 20-Rage Frenzied Regeneration when Barkskin fades. The automatic version of Frenzied Regeneration no longer triggers a global cooldown and is not affected by the Tier-15 Guardian 2-piece bonus.

Hunter

Marksmanship

Chimera Shot's damage has been increased by 50%.

Survival

Explosive Shot's damage has been increased by 10%.

Mage

General

Ice Lance's damage has been increased by 20%.

Waterbolt's damage has been increased by 10%.

Monk

Brewmaster

Brewmasters now deal 10% less damage with all attacks.

Paladin

Talents

Eternal Flame's heal-over-time effect is increased by 50% when used on the Paladin (down from 100%).

Priest

General

Shadow Word: Pain's damage has been reduced by 15%.

Rogue

Assassination

Assassin's Resolve now increases the Rogue's damage by 20% (down from 25%).

Subtlety

Sanguinary Vein now causes the Rogue to deal 35% additional damage to targets afflicted by Rupture, Garrote, or Crimson Tempest (up from 25%).

Class Armor

Tier-16 4-piece set bonus should no longer incorrectly activate from attacks other than Backstab.

[Requires a realm restart] Celestials in The Celestial Court will now only rotate their order after they have been defeated.

Time-Lost Shrines reactivate much more frequently now.

Proving Grounds

In Tanking trials, Sikari the Mistweaver's Crackling Jade Thunderstorm should now have a chance to break crowd-control effects that have a chance to break on damage.

September 16

Classes

Priest

Holy

Spirit of Redemption should no longer prevent Priests from getting the Sacrificed to Ordos debuff.

Creatures

Dread Ship Vazuvius should no longer be knocking players back after it has been defeated.

Raids, Dungeons, and Scenarios

Siege of Orgrimmar

Spoils of Pandaria

Claw of Burning Anger now deals more damage.

Paragons of the Klaxxi

Fixed an issue where more than one player was able to obtain the Power of the Paragons buff from the same Paragon.

Garrosh Hellscream

Garrosh Hellscream should now properly drop three Tier-16 armor tokens in 25-player mode.

Please check this forum post for additional information on the hotfix.

Professions

Cooking

Fixed an issue where the new cooking recipes were only obtainable by characters with a cooking skill of exactly 525.

Items

Spark of Zandalar should now scale down correctly in Battlegrounds, Rated Battlegrounds, and Arenas.

September 13

Classes

Druid

Talents

Force of Nature Treant summoned by Restoration Druids should no longer die immediately after casting Swiftmend and Efflorescence.

Priest

Shadow

Landing a killing blow with Shadow Word: Death should no longer incorrectly grant 2 Shadow Orbs.

Warlocks

Destruction

Conflagrate now has a 15% chance to generate an additional Burning Ember.

Incinerate now has a 15% chance to generate an additional Burning Ember.

Talents

Soul Link is no longer incorrectly being applied to the second demon summoned through Grimoire of Service.

Quests

The Darnassus Mission: Players on this quest should no longer be placed into an incorrect phase when using Curious Bronze Timepiece from Journey to the Timeless Isle.

Raids, Dungeons, and Scenarios

The raid leader's boss progression in the raid instance now determines which bosses are still available when starting a Flexible Raid. Check out this forum post for a detailed explanation on the change.

Siege of Orgrimmar

Norushen

Purifying Lights now always spawn in the same locations on Flexible Raid difficulty.

Damage from Titanic Corruption's Hurl Corruption ability can now be absorbed by damage absorption shields.

Sha of Pride

Fixed an issue where players were able to obtain a second Titan Runestone from the Sha of Pride after having already received one on a different difficulty setting.

Galakras

Flames of Galakrond is now more responsive in detecting when it passes through a player and provides a a clearer visual as the flames decreases in severity.

Reduced the delay before Crates of Pandaren Relics may be opened on Flexible, Normal and Heroic difficulties.

Malkorok

Malkorok will now correctly apply Fatal Strikes on a tank even if they successfully dodge his melee attacks.

Kor'kron War Wolf's Dread Howl now works like a normal fear and can be removed or dispelled by non-self cast abilities. Self-cast abilities like Berserker Rage or Will of the Forsaken do not work at this time and will be addressed in a future patch.

Mistweaver Monks stunned with the Touch of Y'Shaarj affliction will no longer be impossible to hit due to Dematerialize.

Thok the Bloodthirsty

Fixed an issue where players can take damage from creatures that are still locked in their cage.

Garrosh Hellscream

Faith, Hope, and Courage effects no longer stack with each other while in the Realm of Y'Shaarj.

Battlegrounds and Arenas

Rogues can no longer use Shadowstep on Antipersonnel Cannons in Strand of the Ancients.

Items

Effects for Legendary cloaks no longer activate while fighting against other players.

Timeless Isle

Fire-Watcher achievement now requires players to obtain 2,000 Bloody Coins as an Emissary of Ordos or Ordon Fire-Watcher (down from 10,000 Bloody Coins).

Players will now correctly receive credit for Big Bag of Herbs towards the Going To Need A Bigger Bag achievement.

Proving Grounds

Lava pools created by Illusionary Flamecallers should no longer damage Monk statues or Shaman totems.

September 12

Classes

Paladin

Talents

Evil is a Point of View should no longer incorrectly cause Turn Evil to affect targets that are immune to loss of control effects.

Priest

General

Prayer of Mending is now generating a heal and absorption shield for the correct amount when critically striking for a Discipline Priest.

Warlock

General

Fel Flame's mana cost has been increased by 100%.

Destruction

Incinerate's damage has been increased by 5%.

Quests

A Pandaren Legend: Lorewalker Cho should no longer confuse Worgen and Alliance Pandaren players as being part of the Horde while retelling their story.

A Time-Lost Treasure: This quest no longer has a faction requirement with Order of the Cloud Serpent.

The Path of the Mistwalker: Completing this daily quest now awards 250 reputation with the Emperor Shaohao faction. In addition, Southsea Plunderer and Southsea Lookout elites now award credit towards completing this quest.

The Temple of the Jade Serpent: Fixed an issue where players were unable to move after the cutscene.

Creatures

Ordos

Flame-Scarred Cache of Offerings now has a chance to award Flexible Raid quality items (up from Raid Finder quality.

Kor'kron related NPCs and creatures in Northern Barrens should be neutral to players below level 85 once more.

Highwind Albatross already carrying a player will no longer have its flight path interrupted when attacked by other players. Players who have been picked up by an Albatross can still interrupt its flight by attacking it.

Lil' Canny is back after a tune-up and is wandering around in the Shrine of Seven Stars once more.

Raids, Dungeons, and Scenarios

Siege of Orgrimmar

Siegecrafter Blackfuse

Players standing on the conveyor belt should now be able to see Shockwave Missile and its damage effect regardless of the Shockwave Missile's position in the room.

Garrosh Hellscream

Farseer Wolf Rider can no longer be hit multiple times by the same Iron Star.

Kor'kron Warbringer can no longer deal critical strikes to players.

Items

Fixed an issue where many mana regeneration drinks was not regenerating mana.

For Death Knights, the Endurance of Niuzao effect from the Qian-Le legendary cloak should now activate before triggering Purgatory.

Timeless Isle

The Celestial Court spirit walls no longer close while engaging the Celestials.

Chests on the Timeless Isle now have a Level-90 requirement to open.

Reduced the chance for Burdens of Eternity to drop from Kukuru's Caches.

Players in the Silent Sanctuary area in Vale of Eternal Blossoms should no longer be put into an incorrect phase.

Items that starts a quest with Tina Mudclaw should now be dropping at the appropriate friendship faction levels.

Fixed an issue where the Healer Proving Grounds had a chance to cause the realm to crash.

Hotfixes: Complete List

General

With the conclusion of the Battlefield: Barrens event, realm coalescing has been re-enabled for the Durotar area.

Timeless Isle

Resolved an issue that could cause some weekly treasure chests on the Timeless Isle to be uninteractible.

Bloody Coins are now only awarded from defeating Level-90 players.

Removed the silver icons for Master Kukuru and Whizzig on the mini-map.

The following bind-on-pickup items are no longer able to be traded between players: Burden of Eternity, Reins of the Thundering Onyx Cloud Serpent, Cauterizing Core, Falling Flame, Golden Moss, Giant Purse of Timeless Coins, Ash-Covered Horn, and Elixir of Ancient Knowledge.

Fixed an issue where defeating rare creatures while in a raid group may sometimes incorrectly display a loot cursor or sparkle effect when the creature has no loot.

Vision of Time items can no longer be used while in a Raid Finder raid until the wing has been completed.

Fishing in the waters surrounding Timeless Isle should now yield different fish than in the lakes within Timeless Isle.

Fire-Watcher achievement now requires players to obtain 2,000 Bloody Coins as an Emissary of Ordos or Ordon Fire-Watcher (down from 10,000 Bloody Coins).

Players will now correctly receive credit for Big Bag of Herbs towards the Going To Need A Bigger Bag achievement.

Fixed quest tracking issues that affected some of the quests on the Timeless Isle.

Celestials in The Celestial Court will now only rotate their order after they have been defeated.

Time-Lost Shrines reactivate much more frequently now.

The Celestial Court spirit walls no longer close while engaging the Celestials.

Chests on the Timeless Isle now have a Level-90 requirement to open.

Reduced the chance for Burdens of Eternity to drop from Kukuru's Caches.

Tier-16 Guardian 2-piece bonus now automatically applies both a 3-second Savage Defense and a 20-Rage Frenzied Regeneration when Barkskin fades. The automatic version of Frenzied Regeneration no longer triggers a global cooldown and is not affected by the Tier-15 Guardian 2-piece bonus.

Tier-16 Guardian 4-piece set bonus:

Fixed a number of situations where the effect was not activating when it should.

Fixed an issue where the 4-piece bonus could cause the 2-piece bonus to incorrectly consume 60 Rage.

Hunter

General

Deterrence should now correctly have a 5-second cooldown after using a charge for Hunters with the Crouching Tiger, Hidden Chimera talent.

Marksmanship

Chimera Shot's damage has been increased by 50%.

Survival

Explosive Shot's damage has been increased by 10%.

Talents

Dire Beast should no longer summon snakes that were larger than usual while on the Timeless Isle.

Lynx Rush should now correctly apply its bleed effect against very large targets.

Mage

General

Blink modified by the Glyph of Rapid Displacement should no longer incorrectly free the Mage from stuns and bonds.

Ice Lance's damage has been increased by 20%.

Waterbolt's damage has been increased by 10%.

Fixed an issue where a Mana Gem modified by the Glyph of Loose Mana was restoring more mana than intended. The total amount of mana restored should now be the same as an unglyphed Mana Gem.

Monk

General

Roll should now work while under the effects of Scuttler's Shell.

Brewmaster

Brewmasters now deals 15% less damage with all attacks.

Mistweaver

Renewing Mist no longer requires line-of-sight to jump to a nearby target.

Talents

Xuen summoned by Invoke Xuen, the White Tiger should now be able to use Crackling Tiger Lightning against Aberration type creatures.

Class Armor

Mistweaver PvP 2-piece set bonus should no longer cause the Monk to stand up when they gain a charge of Mana Tea.

Paladin

Holy

Holy Radiance should correctly benefit from Holy Avenger once more.

Fixed an issue where Holy Radiance may sometimes heal less players than intended.

Talents

Eternal Flame's heal-over-time effect is increased by 50% when used on the Paladin (down from 100%).

Evil is a Point of View should no longer incorrectly cause Turn Evil to affect targets that are immune to loss of control effects.

Class Armor

Corrected an issue where Divine Purpose and the Tier-16 Retribution 4-piece bonus was not interacting properly with each other.

Priest

General

Prayer of Mending's healing should now be correctly modified by Battle Fatigue.

Prayer of Mending is now generating a heal and absorption shield for the correct amount when critically striking for a Discipline Priest.

Shadow Word: Pain's damage has been reduced by 15%.

Discipline

Flash Heal now should correctly receive an increased critical chance from Inner Focus while Surge of Light is active.

Holy

Lightwell's healing should now be correctly modified by PvP Power while the Glyph of Lightwell is active.

Spirit of Redemption should no longer prevent Priests from getting the Sacrificed to Ordos debuff.

Shadow

Landing a killing blow with Shadow Word: Death should no longer incorrectly grant 2 Shadow Orbs.

Talents

Cascade should no longer hit PvP enabled players if the Priest is not PvP enabled.

Rogue

Assassination

Assassin's Resolve now increases the Rogue's damage by 20% (down from 25%).

Combat

Killing Spree's range is no longer being incorrectly modified by Blade Flurry.

Subtlety

Sanguinary Vein now causes the Rogue to deal 35% additional damage to targets afflicted by Rupture, Garrote, or Crimson Tempest (up from 25%).

Class Armor

Tier-16 4-piece set bonus should no longer incorrectly activate from attacks other than Backstab.

Incinerate now has a 15% chance to generate an additional Burning Ember.

Incinerate's damage has been increased by 5%.

Talents

Soul Link is no longer incorrectly being applied to the second demon summoned through Grimoire of Service.

Warrior

Fury

Bloodthirst's damage has been increased by 20%.

Raging Blow's damage has been increased by 20%.

Glyphs

Glyph of Victory Rush should now properly increase the total healing provided by Victory Rush.

Class Armor

Tier-16 Protection 2-piece set bonus should no longer be healing the Warrior before the damage has been applied.

Quests

A Change of Command: The gate leading to High Marshal Twinbraid at Lion's Landing should now be open, allowing Horde characters to complete the quest.

A Pandaren Legend: Lorewalker Cho should no longer confuse Worgen and Alliance Pandaren players as being part of the Horde while retelling their story.

A Time-Lost Treasure: This quest no longer has a faction requirement with Order of the Cloud Serpent.

A Vision in Time: Fixed an issue where the music wasn't playing correctly after using Vision of Time.

Ace in the Hole: Fixed an issue preventing players from being able to complete the quest.

Bad Feeling, Worse Result: Players are now able to use the Lin Family Scroll to resummon the Ghost of Lin Da-Gu.

The Celestial Tournament: Players can now get credit for winning the tournament while in a raid group.

The Darnassus Mission: Players on this quest should no longer be placed into an incorrect phase when using Curious Bronze Timepiece from Journey to the Timeless Isle.

The Path of the Mistwalker: Completing this daily quest now awards 250 reputation with the Emperor Shaohao faction. In addition, Southsea Plunderer and Southsea Lookout elites now award credit towards completing this quest.

The Temple of the Jade Serpent: Fixed an issue where players were unable to move after the cutscene.

Trial At The Temple of the White Tiger: Players should no longer be able to acquire this quest before completing A Witness to History.

When Death is Not Enough: Fixed an issue preventing players from being able to complete the quest.

Work Order: Golden Lotus I: The quest should now be obtainable once more for players that have met the necessary prerequisites.

Creatures

Ordos

Players should no longer be incorrectly flagged as having defeated Ordos for the week if the player tapped him and went offline or entered an instance.

Flame-Scarred Cache of Offerings now has a chance to award Flexible Raid quality items (up from Raid Finder quality.

Loot notifications for world bosses in Pandaria should no longer be visible to all members in the raid.

Rare creatures in the Vale of Eternal Blossoms should now follow the correct tapping mechanics.

Burning Berserkers and Eternal Kilnmasters no longer use Fiery Charge on targets who are not in combat.

Cursed Hozen Swabby now has a 2-second cooldown on their Rusty Shank ability.

Dame Evniki Kapsalis is now offering her wares to players that meet the proper criteria once again.

Dread Ship Vazuvius should no longer be knocking players back after it has been defeated.

Dread Ship Vazuvius now deals less damage with its Cannon Barrage, the range of its knockback ability has been reduced, and can apply its Eerie Fog effect more readily.

Gulp Frogs are now immune to mind control abilities.

Highwind Albatross already carrying a player will no longer have its flight path interrupted when attacked by other players. Players who have been picked up by an Albatross can still interrupt its flight by attacking it.

Kor'kron related NPCs and creatures in Northern Barrens should be neutral to players below level 85 once more.

Lil' Canny is back after a tune-up and is wandering around in the Shrine of Seven Stars once more.

Magnataurs can no longer be pickpocketed.

Nomi should now have the correct conversation text for players on the appropriate reputation level.

Scary Sprite now deals 40% less damage and should spawn slightly more frequently.

Yu'lon now launches 5 Jadefire Bolts (down from 10).

Zarhym should now properly despawn after a player has started the event to search for his body.

Pet Battles

Bonkers can now be sold to a vendor for 25 gold.

Jadefire Spirit's Fade ability now has an 8-round cooldown.

Pierre is no longer bind-on-pickup and players can have up to 3 of them.

Rascal-Bot is no longer bind-on-pickup and players can have up to 3 them. The Phaser ability now has a duration of 1-round.

Raids, Dungeons, and Scenarios

Siege of Orgrimmar

The raid leader's boss progression in the raid instance now determines which bosses are still available when starting a Flexible Raid. Check out this forum post for a detailed explanation on the change.

Mages and Warlocks now have a chance to obtain Gaze of Arrogance (Sha of Pride) and Lever of the Megantholithic Apparatus (Siegecrafter Blackfuse) through bonus rolls on Normal difficulty.

Malkorok will now correctly apply Fatal Strikes on a tank even if they successfully dodge his melee attacks.

Kor'kron War Wolf's Dread Howl now works like a normal fear and can be removed or dispelled by non-self cast abilities. Self-cast abilities like Berserker Rage or Will of the Forsaken do not work at this time and will be addressed in a future patch.

Mistweaver Monks stunned with the Touch of Y'Shaarj affliction will no longer be impossible to hit due to Dematerialize.

Garrosh Hellscream should no longer be using Desecrate against players that are on a balcony.

Farseer Wolf Riders should no longer continuously attempt to cast Ancestral Chain Heal if they're hit by an Iron Star before entering combat.

Kor'kron Iron Stars now properly deal damage to Kor’kron Warbringers and Farseer Wolf Riders on 25-player Heroic difficulty, and can no longer unintentionally kill players that were not struck directly.

Garrosh no longer has a chance to critically hit when under the effects of Leader of the Pack or other similar buffs from players that have been mind controlled by Touch of Y'Shaarj.

Garrosh Hellscream should now properly drop three Tier-16 armor tokens in 25-player mode.

Faith, Hope, and Courage effects no longer stack with each other while in the Realm of Y'Shaarj.

Removing the Touch of Y'Shaarj or Empowered Touch of Y'Shaarj debuff now also removes Weakened Blows, Mortal Wounds, and Master Poisoner effects from the player.

Embodied Despair can no longer be stunned.

Farseer Wolf Rider can no longer be hit multiple times by the same Iron Star.

Kor'kron Warbringer can no longer deal critical strikes to players.

The Y’Shaarj Touched buff can no longer be spellstolen.

Fixed an issue where the Kor'kron Iron Star did not damage targets that were under a silence effect.

Throne of Thunder

Waterspouts in Tortos' Lair should allow players to travel back to the Council of Elders area once more.

Fixed an issue where Ice Comets had less health than intended.

Ulduar

Fixed an issue with the Yogg-Saron encounter, where players were unable to proceed to phase 2 of the fight by damaging Sara.

Dungeons

Shado-Pan Monastery: Defeating Gu Cloudstrike immediately after Azure Serpent has been killed should no longer prevent players from continuing through the Shado-Pan Monastery.

Battlegrounds and Arenas

Grievous Gladiator weapons have a level requirement of 90 once more.

PvP on-use trinket effects should no longer incorrectly scale down while in a Battleground, Rated Battleground, or Arena.

Players that leave a Rated Battleground prematurely will be unable to queue for a new one until the previous Rated Battleground match has completed. Please see this forum thread for more information on the change.

Grievous Conquest achievement vendors (the ones that allow Conquest gear to be purchase with Honor points) have been temporarily removed.

Grievous Gladiator weapons have a temporary level requirement of 91.

Players should no longer be unable to cast spells or use items after repeatedly using restricted items while in a Wargame.

The Conquest vendors have been restored.

Fixed an issue where a number of players had a higher than intended Conquest cap.

Conquest vendors have been temporarily removed while we investigate an issue with Conquest caps.

The Crowd Chose You should now be correctly applied to players that are under the effects of Cyclone.

Rogues can no longer use Shadowstep on Antipersonnel Cannons in Strand of the Ancients.

Professions

Cooking

Buffs and debuffs should now be properly applied or removed while players are in a noodle cart.

Fixed an issue where the new cooking recipes were only obtainable by characters with a cooking skill of exactly 525.

Items

Trinkets with cleave and multistrike effects no longer require players to be facing the target to successfully deal damage.

Effects for Legendary cloaks no longer activate while fighting against other players.

Reduced the activation rate for caster and healer Legendary cloak effects for characters in a tanking specialization by 75%.

For Death Knights, the Endurance of Niuzao effect from the Qian-Le legendary cloak should now activate before triggering Purgatory.

Rain Stone, Blizzard Stone, Ashen Stone, and Sunset Stone are no longer able to be used while in a raid instance.

Book of Ages should no longer remove food buffs on the character when used.

Capacitive Primal Diamond no longer has a 1-second internal cooldown for the Capacitance effect.

Cliffbreaker Breastplate should now correctly have a socket bonus for Strength instead of Intelligence.

Evil Eye of Galakras was only reducing the cooldown on 5 abilities for Warriors. The trinket should now also reduce the cooldown of Heroic Leap.

Gar'tok, Strength of the Faithful should no longer be incorrectly flagged as a caster weapon.

Oddly-Shaped Horn is no longer usable while in the Battlegrounds or Rated Battlegrounds.

Spark of Zandalar should now be awarding the appropriate amount of Strength to players based on the item's level instead of the player's level.

Spark of Zandalar should now scale down correctly in Battlegrounds, Rated Battlegrounds, and Arenas.